Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:00 pm on 28 February 2008.
Jim Knight
Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools and Learners)
1:00,
28 February 2008
How then would the hon. Gentleman differentiate between a parent-promoted school and one where parents have come together to form an institution for home education?
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
